In the cold and often forbidding lands of Russia, as well as on
the American and Canadian plains, the women had to use what was
at hand, often only flour, eggs, water, and salt, to create a myriad
of delicious foods that prove the truth of the saying that for the
Russia-Germans "food is love." One particularly touching
testimony of this spirit shown in the video is the story of a mother
who fashioned Easter birds for her children from a simple dough.
Her now-elderly daughter shows us how.

This video teaches the uninitiated viewer how to make other dishes
such as cheese buttons, spiced watermelon syrup bread, Fleischküchle,
and watermelon pickles. Younger women are still learning the traditions
though they are utilizing the conveniences of a modern kitchen.
In an age of homogeneity, especially in the area of food, it is
a delight to know that German ethnic foods are still flourishing.
It makes the viewer, even those who were raised on different fare,
want to get in a car, drive to the prairie and experience for himself
or herself a Kuchen, some Knöpfla soup or, better yet, some
wedding schnapps!